Adjustable window-shade fixture.



S. D. BAIRD. ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SHADE FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED MT. 6, 1908.

915,151. Patented Mar. 16, 1909.

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ADJUSTABLE WINDOW-SHADE FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 16, 1909.

Application filed October 6, 1908. Serial No. 456,372.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL D. BAIRD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Prairieton, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Window- ShadeFixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shade and curtain brackets, and. moreparticularly to adjustable shade brackets, and has for its object toprovide a bracket which may be ad justed to suit different conditions,and which will be so arranged that screws employed to hold the bracketin place will also be utilized to hold the bracket at different pointsof its adjustment.

Another object is to provide a structure which will be extremely simpleand which can be manufactured at a low figure.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription and it will be understood that changes in the speciiicstructure may be made within the scope of the claim without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is an elevational view of the present bracket, Fig. 2 is atransverse section on line 22 of Fig. 1, taken through the attachingmember, Fig. 3 is a view of the attaching device removed from theadjustable member.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown an attaching member 5 andan adjustable member 6.

The attaching device consists of two members 7 and 8, the former beingdisposed above the latter. Each of these members consists of a centralportion 9, which is curved upwardly upon its longitudinal axis toproduce an upper convex surface and an under concave surface, as shown.At each end of the portion 9, there is formed an ear 10, which isprovided with a central opening 11, the openings 11 of the ears of thetwo members alining in pairs as shown for the reception of attachingscrews. As shown, the portion 9 of the member 8 is of a greaterconcavity than the portion 9 of the member 7, so that there is a spacebetween the mutually adjacent faces of the curved portions.

As indicated in the drawings, the attaching device 5 is formed of asingle blank of metal, bent upon itself to produce the two members 7 and8, these two members being connected at the outer end of one of thepairs of ears 10. These ears are normally slightly separated at theirinner portions, but, as shown, the ears at the opposite ends of theportions 9 of the two members 7 and 8, lie normally in spaced relation.This structure is clearly illustrated in Fig. 3.

The adjustable member 6 includes an arm 15 curved transversely, toproduce concavoconvex faces and this portion is thus arranged forintroduction through the space between the portions 9 of the two members7 and 8. At one end of the arm 15, there is a laterally bent portionindicated at 16, and this portion is enlarged at its outer end andprovided with an opening 17 for the reception of one of the pintles of ashade roller.

Attaching screws 18 are engaged through the pairs of alining eyes 11,and it will be observed that the screw which is engaged through the eyesof the connected cars 10 may be tightened to produce a degree offrictional engagement between the members 7 and 8 and the arm 15, sothat the arm may be positioned properly without danger ofits accidentalslipping. After the arm has been positioned, the screw which is engagedthrough the eyes of the separate ears 10 is tightened, and the twomembers 7 and 8 are thus brought together to clamp the arm againstmovement.

What is claimed is:

An adjustable shade bracket comprising an attaching device formed of apiece of metal bent upon itself to produce upper and lower members, saidmembers having their central portions curved upwardly, the curvedportion of the lower member lying within and in spaced relation to thecurved portion of the upper member, the end portions of said membershaving alining eyes therein, an arm transversely curved and slidably en-.gaged between the curved portions of the In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature; in presence of two witnesses.

SAiWUEL D. BAIRD.

two members, said arm being bent outwardly at one end and formed for thereception of a roller pintle, and attaching screws engaged through theeyes of the two members of the attaching device for operation to clampthe said members against the arm.

